“I can’t put my team in a situation like that,” Miller said. “I’ve brought us home 50 million times. I’ve closed games 50 million times. I’ve got to be smarter than that. I’m always on the rookies and all the young guys on being smart and doing this and doing that, and I go out there and do something like that in a crucial situation in the game. I’ve just got to be better than that.

“I just can’t kill us. I killed the game today with that penalty. I just have to be better than that, and I will be better than that.”

Taylor says he knew Miller was joking and was surprised a penalty was called.

“We are good friends and we were actually laughing on the field," Taylor said after the game. "I don’t think he knew… I honestly did not know at the time it was going to be a flag.”